Athens Crisis Sparks Battle Over Ballot Count
Veterans and ex-GI crowds clashed with deputies in McMinn County as ballot boxes were moved to the jail and fighting erupted for hours. One side claimed vote-count manipulation. multiple wounded reported. authorities delayed action until the next day. Editorials from The News and The Tennessean frame the incident as a clash over democracy and free voting.
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Athens
Tennessee
Birmingham News
Nashville Tennessean
The
News
McMinn County
Leven
Alabama
AVc chiefs and rumors of communist ties scrutinized in interview
Westbrook Pegler interviews AVC chairman Charles G Bolte and Edward McHale revealing debates over civil liberties for communists and fascist critics. He cites a Pettus bio, NBC denial, a donor list totaling 42497.50, and tensions with Amvets and unions amid calls for wartime and postwar policies.
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New York
Charles G. Bolte
American Veterans’ Committee
Edward McHale
AVC
Spain
Gullah
Bolte
Siberia
Russia
Buchenwald
Ken Pettus
National Planning Committee
General MacAthur
National Broadcasting Company
Chicago
Tokio
NBC
Pettus
McHale
Helen Hayes
Byrne
Franco
Stalin
Hollywood
Edward G. Robinson
Dudley Nichols
Mathew Fox
Universal
Albert Lasker Foundation
Lillian Smith
Frances L. Brody
Marshall Field
The
Field Foundation
Marshall Field Jr
Junior
Frances Brody
al Lasker
Ting
United Office and Professional Workers of the
CIO
Lewis Merrill
Canada
Amvets
Cleveland
NMU
National Maritime
TWU
UOPWA
Fergodiskes
Atomic Headache Known As Migraine
Migraine attacks bring piercing pain often limiting sound and light. Ergotamine tartrate relieves many. injected forms work faster than oral. Rest helps. risk includes stomach sickness and muscle pains. Doctors assess contributing factors and limit dosing for safety.
DAILY CROSSWORD PUZZLE CLUES AND CRYPTOQUOTE QUOTE
A dense crossword puzzle list with across and down clues covering many common words and terms. Includes a cryptogram quotation REMEMBER ME WHEN THOU COMEST INTO THY KINGDOM VULGATE distributed by King Features Syndicate and an introductory cryptogram.
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King Features Syndicate, Inc
Why the sweetest apples reach the highest dough
A light verse asking why desirable things seem hardest to obtain. Mrs. E Kreger of Decatur notes personal tales of a husband who drinks rather than plays. The quip ends with a joke about a husband who comes home drunk after evenings out.
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E. BR
Kreger
Decatur
Weather Prophet Jackass and Other Walter Winchell Tales
A collage of Winchell items recalls a king and court astrologer who is fired after a peasant foresees rain. A weather proverb joke follows about appointing jackasses to public offices. The page mixes jokes, epitaphs, and society notices with names of stars, marriages, and show business chatter.
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Jackasses
Half a loaf is better than no bread adage humor
A dialogue humor piece plays on health advice about onion eating as a secret. A young woman questions how to keep onion eating hidden, while a joke about a noisy hen contrasts with suspicious promises that seem too good to be true.
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Huntsville Times
Simpson
Alabama
Jim Simpson
Jim
John Sparkman
Picayune
Luke
Henry Ford predicts 100000 city on Tennessee river
Years ago Henry Ford forecast a city of 100000 along the Tennessee when the government would approve the Muscle Shoals plant development. The passage notes various local items including a home sale on East Vine Street and a popularity contest at the ball park.
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Henry Ford
Tennessee
Muscle Shoals
W. E. Lacey
East Vine Street
T. M. Jones Jr
Joe Johnston
Ball Park
Alabama Power Company
Twin Cities
W. A. Curry
Memphis
Albany-Decatur
Clyde Hendrix
Tennessee Valley Bank
North Alabama
Cooper, Wells and Co
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China Doll
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